160/55 R17 Tyres

The following tyres have been reviewed in 160/55 R17.

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Tyre Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Michelin Road 5 (23) 89% 87% 85% 80% 83% 89%
Bridgestone S20 (13) 82% 72% 76% 82% 50% 80%

160/55 17 Tyre Review Highlights

Michelin Road 5 rated 100% while driving a
Driving on a combination of roads for 6000 spirited miles
Unbelievable tyres. In fact I literally mean that. They’ve somehow combined dry grip of track tyres with magical wet grip that’s just as good! I think because they use different compounds for the centre and edges of the tyre. Which leads on to how they last so long. I did about 6000 miles on them and they only seemed half done when I sold my bike. This included on the autobahn and a mixture of country roads. Never had a flat centre on the tyre. And never slipped on the edge at all
tyre reviewed on 2020-12-07 11:44:48
Bridgestone S20 rated 87% while driving a Suzuki Sv650s
Driving on mostly country roads for 3000 spirited miles
I am really pleased with these Battlax overall performance. They are probably the perfect match to my riding style. My Suzuki SV650 is already light and fast to fall into the curves, so I was looking for a predictable and progressive tyre behaviour, yet able to sustain a good pace in mountain roads. The shape itself is really reassuring. These tyres provide plenty of confidence to the driver and also cope really well with not perfect roads or wet. They reach a good temperature quite quickly, although they wear a bit too much if you keep a very fast pace or do a lot of highway. Anyway I would recommend them for fantastic value for money.
tyre reviewed on 2017-02-28 12:52:44
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